Greetings Gents... I'm doing bodywork on a 59 TR3 and am looking for advice on a seam that has sandwich rust and is hard to access. Location is right side rear fender well. A support rib is spot welded to the well from above, which is mostly encased by body. I had to repair and remove a double layer of flange (to which the fender bolts) and was able to get to some of that seam. I drilled the spot welds for part of it and was able to bend it up enough to clean out OK, not great.
So my request for advice comes down to two things:
1) My plan was to spray high zinc primer beneath the seam, then pinch and close it back up with plug welds. If I can't get the rust cleaned out perfect, will this be OK or should I take another approach?
2) Hard to see in the photo, but there is an inaccessible area up in that cavity. I can see surface rust all over it, but can't reach it with anything but a long paint brush and even then I'm sure there are areas I can't reach. If I spray epoxy primer up there is there any chance it will adhere well enough to make a difference?
Thanks, Mike (Newbie)
So my request for advice comes down to two things:
1) My plan was to spray high zinc primer beneath the seam, then pinch and close it back up with plug welds. If I can't get the rust cleaned out perfect, will this be OK or should I take another approach?
2) Hard to see in the photo, but there is an inaccessible area up in that cavity. I can see surface rust all over it, but can't reach it with anything but a long paint brush and even then I'm sure there are areas I can't reach. If I spray epoxy primer up there is there any chance it will adhere well enough to make a difference?
Thanks, Mike (Newbie)